Tal Chayim

A practical guide to self-improvement for the Days of Awe and throughout the year

Penitence in general, and the High Holy Days in particular, are wonderful gifts that Hashem has bequeathed us. They have the power to bring about tremendous change within us -- our personalities, how we serve Hashem, how we learn Torah, how we pray, and how we personally connect with Klal Yisrael and the final redemption. Such changes require deep internal but sensitive efforts, which can and should be filled with joy and happiness. This book supplies the necessary guidelines for these tasks, and will lead you, with Hashem's help, step-by-step through a most wonderful spiritual process that we call teshuvah -- repentance.

About the Author Rav Shmuel Tal is the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras HaChayim and its associated institutions, established originally in Neve Dekalim of Gush Katif, but currently in Yad Binyamin, where it moved after the destruction of the Gush. Rav Tal studied under Rav Y. Z. Gustman, zt"l, Rav Y. S. Zilber-man, zt"l, Rav Avraham Shapira, zt"I, Rav Shmuel Auerbach, shlit"a, and others. He guides his many students according to a vision of serving God with deep devotion, fundamentally and practically, in a manner that encompasses Torah study in depth and self-improvement, sanctifying every aspect of life.